US determined to halt China's chip game plan with SMIC sanctions

Export controls hamstring 'Made in China' and Japanese suppliers

SHUNSUKE TABETA and GEN NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writers

BEIJING/TOKYO -- The U.S. has struck at the heart of Beijing's ambition to become self-sufficient in semiconductors as the Trump administration issues its latest crackdown on Chinese tech companies, tightening export controls on top chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co.

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